Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Phillies -115/ Braves -105 O/U 7 runs (Under -115)
Time: 7:35 EST Friday April 8, 2011
Tonight in a match up of a couple of NL East teams that were supposed to battle it out for the division crown, but are heading in different directions the Braves host the Phillies. Atlanta had a solid start to the season, but they have lost 3 straight and the Phillies have only lost 1 game this season and have won 2 straight. Betting the Under may be the way to go in this game since both teams have their Aces on the hill.
These teams will play many more times this season, but it is a game that may be very important to the Braves since they need to stop the bleeding and they have to get some confidence beating a stacked Phillies’ squad.
In their last games the Braves lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 and the Phillies beat up on the New York Mets 11-0.
Last season the Phillies lost 5 of 6 games in Atlanta.
Taking the mound for the Braves is Tim Hudson (1-0 1.29 ERA), who had a solid first outing of the season giving up only 1 earned run in 7 innings. On the hill for the Phillies is off-season prize acquisition Cliff Lee (1-0 3.86 ERA), who had a good first start of the season giving up 3 earned runs in 7 innings of work.
Atlanta is 8-3 in Hudson’s last 11 home starts and last season he was 2-1 with a 3.79 ERA in 3 starts against the Phillies.
Tonight’s game will be the first home game for the Braves and the first road game for the Phillies.
The Braves may need a good outing from Hudson since their offense only ranks 17th in the league in runs scored and 24th in team batting average. In losing 3 of 4 games to the Brewers in their last series they only scored 8 runs in 4 games.
The Philadelphia offense has been on fire so far this season and they have scored 21 runs in their last 2 games and rank 3rd in the Majors in runs scored. Their meat of their order is scary with Placido Polanco (.440), Ryan Howard (.480 2 HR 8 RBI), and Jimmy Rollins (.375) all swinging hot bats. In his career Howard is hitting .341 with 8 HR and 12 RBI against Hudson.
Braves C Brian McCann is hitting .423, but he needs help, as the other 3 guys at the top of the order are all hitting below .235.
In some betting trends for this NL East match up:
Philadelphia is 4-1 in their last 5 games against teams with a losing record, 14-6 in their last 20 games as a road favorite, and has an Over record of 5-0-1 in their last 6 games.
Atlanta is 4-1 in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning percentage above 60%, 2-5 in their last 7 games as an underdog, and has an Under record of 3-0-1 in their last 4 games.
Our Selection : Sure this is a great pitching match-up and yes Brave's starter T. Hudson can be dominate at times. However, Atlanta hasn't hit well all season (2.22 avg) while the Phillies have been tearing the cover off of the ball with an impressive .345 avg. Take the Phillies -102 at 5Dimes using their reduced MLB betting lines.
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